STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT
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Parliament House, Parliament House Annexe (Sansadiya Soudh) and Parliament Library<br />
Building (PLB) are also equipped with the simultaneous interpretation system.<br />
VI. PRINTING <strong>AND</strong> PUBLICATIONS SERVICE<br />
This Service is responsible for all work connected with the printing of<br />
parliamentary papers such as Bulletins, lists of business, lists of members, Bills, reports<br />
and evidence of Committees, Who's Who of Members of Rajya Sabha, debates and their<br />
indices, etc. and other publications of the Secretariat brought out from time to time. It<br />
also looks after all the preparatory and co-ordination work with the Government of India<br />
Press including proof reading, technical advice, monitoring of progress, etc.<br />
The debates of the Rajya Sabha are published in two versions; one, the floor<br />
version, in which speeches, delivered by members in English and Hindi are published in<br />
the language in which these are delivered on the floor of the House. Speeches delivered<br />
in other languages are translated into English and included in the debates with a footnote<br />
indicating the language in which the original speech was delivered.<br />
Second, the Hindi version of the floor version is prepared separately in which all<br />
speeches delivered in English are translated into Hindi. In the case of speeches made in<br />
Urdu in the House, the Urdu script is included immediately after the Devanagari script of<br />
the Urdu speech with a footnote, 'transliteration in Urdu script’. This new arrangement<br />
was made from February 2000 (189 th Session). Earlier, the practice was to incorporate the<br />
Urdu speeches made in the House, in the floor version of the debate itself.<br />
VII. EDITORIAL <strong>AND</strong> TRANSLATION SERVICE<br />
This Service consists of seven sections, namely Editing (English) Section, Editing<br />
(Hindi) Section, Translation Section-I, Translation Section-II, Translation (Committees)<br />
Section, Synopsis Section and Raj Bhasha Prabhag. Editing (English) Section edits 'Floor<br />
version' of debates and prepares Camera Ready Copy (C.R.C.) thereof. This Section<br />
prepares appendices and Indices to English Debates. Editing (Hindi) Section translates<br />
English Debates into Hindi and prepares Hindi version of Debates. Work connected with<br />
the translation of Motions, Resolutions, Bulletins, Lists of Business, Bills, Amendments<br />
and list of members, etc. is done by Translation Section-I. Hindi version of Starred and<br />
Unstarred Question Lists is prepared by Translation Section-II. This Section also<br />
provides English translation of original notices received in Hindi to Questions Branch.<br />
Translation (Committees) Section translates Committee reports into Hindi. Synopsis<br />
Section prepares synopsis of the daily proceedings of the House in English and Hindi.<br />
This Section also prepares C.R.C. of both versions of Synopsis. Raj Bhasha<br />
Prabhag implements the Official Languages Act, 1963 and promotes the progressive use<br />
of Hindi in official work of the Secretariat. The indices to English version of debates are<br />
prepared with a view to facilitating reference and access to the official records of the<br />
business of the House and are printed session-wise. The index is divided into two parts,<br />
namely Subject-Index and Name Index. In order to facilitate quick and easy reference to